AJ Brown re-wrote the record books while at Ole Miss. Brown picked secondaries apart. A silky smooth route runner with seamless transitions and soft, sure hands, Brown is going to make an immediate impact with the Titans. He provides a much needed go-to chain-moving option to keep the Titans offense flowing. In the fantasy department, however, Brown’s alpha-dog opportunities are likely to be limited.

Presumably, Brown will enter the season as the No. 2 wide receiver behind top receiver Corey Davis. Opportunities will be hard to come by as the Titans were a bottom tier passing team in terms of yardage and pass attempts. A large reason for that was due to ineffectiveness and dysfunction across the offense as a whole. The addition of Brown will help the offense stay on the field for longer drives, which should increase Marcus Mariota’s pass attempts.

Brown owns the all-time receiving yardage record (2,984 yards) at Ole Miss. A YAC machine, Brown is a unique blend of Jarvis Landry and JuJu Smith-Schuster. The former Rebel is more than capable of turning on the jets and leaving defenders in the dust with that 4.49s 40 speed. Brown and Davis will likely be the primary between the 20’s receiving options when Derrick Henry isn’t tormenting defensive lines with punishing power runs. While there’s plenty of fantasy potential in this scenario, this was certainly not the ideal landing sport for fantasy production. As such, his stock isn’t as high with the Titans as it would have been with a team like the 49ers.

Bottom Line: Pass-catching specialist, who? Christian McCaffrey returned to his college workhorse roots under new OC Norv Turner, and quickly put up Fantasy MVP-worthy numbers. He continued to flash his otherworldly receiving abilities, hauling in an NFL record 106 catches for 875 yards and 6 TDs. Yet where the usage really rose was the carries, as McCaffrey nearly doubled his 2017 total for 215 carries, 1080 yards, and 7 scores. These 321 total touches ranked third behind only Ezekiel Elliott and Saquon Barkley, and this newfound volume created the ultimate ceiling / floor combination. In the process, McCaffrey flashed both the elusiveness, breakaway ability, and most shockingly underrated power to redefine the workhorse model.

​New OC Norv Turner deserves immense credit for this outburst. His previous work with LaDanian Tomlinson proved he wasn't afraid to ride a smaller-back, as he's able to scheme his guys in space and in creative outside gaps versus just blasting them up the gut... but even still, never before had an NFL back played nearly 97% of the team's snaps. Yes, this number inevitably will fall in 2019, but McCaffrey should still hover around 85-90%, especially with Turner returning. Expect a similar buffet of weekly volume with the upside for even more efficiency should the Panthers beef up their line while their explosive young wideouts take a next step forward.

Ceiling Projection: 320 touches (100 rec.), 2,000 Tot. Yds, 13 TDs

Floor Projection*: 270 touches (70 rec.), 1600 Tot. Yds, 7 TDs

Actual Projection: 310 touches (90 rec), 1900 Tot. Yds, 12 TDs

*Note - Floors are done without injuries in mind. Of course the lowest floor is torn ACL first play of scrimmage. This assumes 16 games